Hazel Screen

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Hazel Rosemary Corinna Screen
Alma materQueen Mary University of London
University College London
Scientific career
InstitutionsQueen Mary University of London
ThesisThe contribution of structural components to tendon mechanics (2003)

Hazel Screen is a British engineer, Head of the School of Engineering & Materials Science and a professor of Biomedical Engineering at Queen Mary University of London. Her research looks to understand the complex structure of biological tissues, with a particular focus on tissues and heart valves. She is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Early life and education

Screen was a student at

QMUL
as a postdoctoral researcher.

Research and career

In 2004 Screen was made a lecturer in Biomedical Engineering, where she was made Professor in 2015. Screen studies the mechanisms that underpin the structural integrity of soft biological tissue. She is particularly interested in tissues of the heart valve and tendon.[2] At Queen Mary Screen leads the Tendon Research group.[3] Tendons are fibrous tissues that connect muscles to bone, and their self-repair mechanisms become less efficient with ageing.[4] Screen studies the interfascicular matrix of tendons and how it is impacted by ageing. She developed organ-on-a-chip technologies to recreate physiological processes, and test new treatments for tendon disease.[4][5]

She serves as Director of the UK Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies Network[6] and is Director of Queen Mary Centre for Predictive in vitro Models.

Awards and honours

Select publications

  • H R C Screen; D A Lee; Daniel L. V. Bader; Julia C Shelton (1 January 2004). "An investigation into the effects of the hierarchical structure of tendon fascicles on micromechanical properties".
    Wikidata Q47675874
    .
  • Sethu Mani-Babu; Dylan Morrissey; Charlie Waugh; Hazel Screen; Christian J. Barton (9 May 2014). "The effectiveness of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in lower limb tendinopathy: a systematic review".
    Wikidata Q34661829
    .
  • Hazel R. C. Screen; David E. Berk; Karl E. Kadler; Francesco Ramirez;
    Wikidata Q35866265
    .

Personal life

In her spare time Screen enjoys sports and travelling.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The contribution of structural components to tendon mechanics | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  2. ^ a b c www.pageunderconstruction.co.uk. "Prof Hazel Screen". QMUL School of Engineering and Materials Science. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  3. ^ www.pageunderconstruction.co.uk. "QMUL Tendon Research". QMUL Tendon Research. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  4. ^ a b Mary, Queen; London, University of. "New research identifies which cells in horses' tendons are affected by aging, leading to injury". phys.org. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
  5. PMID 37307816
    .
  6. ^ www.pageunderconstruction.co.uk. "The Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies Network". The Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies Network. Retrieved 2023-12-24.